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Do you often experience the similar wrong concept especially when you write an English sentence, so it causes you to unconsciously make the subject-verb
agreement error in your sentence? Clarify your answer
No Respondent Answer
1. 2 Yes, it probably often happens because I still think about
whether the subject is singular or plural. 2. 5
It rarely happens. I personally think that the factor caused the error is because I write the sentence uncarefully and
hurriedly. 3. 6
Yes, it often happens, so in Paragraph Writing class, we often obtain a lot of feedback to many errors in our written
work. 4. 9
Yes, it frequently happens especially in the case of uncountable nouns.
5. 11 In my opinion, it still happens even I find that I often make
simple errors, e.g., the errors on is, are. 6. 12
I think that case still happens and I am one of the persons who does it.
7. 17 It happens frequently because I cannot well memorize all
uncountable nouns and countable nouns. 8.
26 Yes, I still make the errors because of this case.
C. Other Possible Causes of Errors
1. Carelessness
11. Is subject-verb agreement error when you write an English sentence because
before writing the sentence, you feel that you have less motivation to write the sentence, which is caused by the following reasons: you do not like the way
your lecturer explains about subject-verb agreement, or there are some notes about subject-verb agreement that you do not like because they are
confusing? Clarify your answer
No Respondent Answer
1. 2 I experienced it. It happened frequently in the beginning of
the structure class. I could not understand the lesson well, so I decided to let this misunderstanding go on.
2. 5 Yes, it is. Honestly, if a lecturer can teach the students
interestingly and inawkwardly, the material delivered by the teacher will be understood well. This condition will make me
to be able to do my work well.
3. 6 Frankly, there are some lecturers whose explanation makes
me confused. Since I am confused and I also do not understand about the explanation, I decide to do the part
which I can do, therefore.
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No Respondent Answer
4. 9
No it is not because of the lecturer.
5. 11 I was enthusiastic with the previous writing class, so my
score on writing was also good. Hence, I do not know what will happen in this second semester. I think it is also because
of some factors: the lecturer, the unclear explanation from the lecturer. Besides, the lecturer never gives feedback to us. We
do not know how to see the progress of our writing because the feedback is never given by the lecturer.
In my opinion, it is because of the lecturer. If we often obtain the feedback to the errors that we often make, e.g., the
errors in the case of there is, we will automatically recognize the error and then be able to know the correct one. However,
if the lecturer only circles the errors without telling the correct one, we will not understand what the error is.
6. 12 Yes it is because of the lecturer’s explanation and many
other things including myself who also affects the occurrence of the error.
7. 17 Yes it sometimes happens. I sometimes see a wrong and
unchecked text, but I have already believed that the text is correct. Then, I learn something from the text and apply the
same rules as those applied in the text.
8. 26 It is not because of the lecturer who makes me difficult to
understand the lesson in the classroom. I think it is probably because I do not pay attention to the lecturer’s explanation.
Besides, when I face the questions that I do not understand, I decide to ask my friends. I think it is not a problem whether
the lecturer explains something or not since what is explained by the lecturer is the same as that in the textbook.
12. Is subject-verb agreement error when you write an English sentence because
before writing the sentence, you do not have the motivation anymore to write your sentence? Clarify your answer
No Respondent Answer
1. 2 If I write a sentence, I do not write it carelessly. In the test,
in order to avoid an error, I prefer to write a simple sentence rather than a complicated one. If I am careless, it will affect
my score. Therefore, it is better for me to just write a simple sentence.
2. 5 Yes, it is. It happens in this case: I have an activity to do in
the afternoon and I think I do not have any assignments to do at that time. Then, as soon as I send the message to my
friend, I have been realizing that actually I have an assignment to do. This condition does really affect me
because at that time, I must be so tired that it is almost impossible to me to think about my assignment.
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No Respondent Answer
3. 6 Yes it is because I probably have already been confused.
It is due to too many rules I have to think about. Therefore, I just apply the rules that I remember, but it turns out to be
wrong.
4. 9 I think the errors are caused by myself who is lazy to
study.
5. 11 It is not the matter of laziness. If I do my assignment, I try
to do it well though actually I am lazy to restudy the theory of subject-verb agreement. Nevertheless, I try to do it well
though I do not know whether it has already been correct or not.
6. 12 The facts that I am unwilling to restudy and to review the
theory of subject-verb agreement are correct. Besides, I do not write my sentence carefully.
7. 17 Sometimes, it is not because I am lazy. Sometimes, I have
already had too many assigments, so I decide to just write the simple sentences. Moreover, I do not use to check and to
reread the written work that I have already finished before submitting it, so I make an error in this case: there are two
subjects, so it must use have.
8. 26 I do not think so because I think that subject-verb
agreement is basic concept. Before writing English sentences, I have already known the pattern and the rules to
apply in the sentences. Therefore, the factor that caused me to make the error is because I cannot differentiate whether a
subject is singular or plural. It is not because I do not have motivation.
2. Translation
